Tower of Power [KCW] Burnside, Victoria, Australia
By caughtatwork on 01-Jan-20. Waypoint GA14217
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | Traditional |
Container: | Micro |
Coordinates: | S37° 44.989' E144° 45.397' (WGS 84) |
55H 302356E 5819573N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 67 m |
Local Government Area: | Melton |
Description
Kororoit Creek Walk - Tower of Power
Take an afternoon and have a walk along Kororoit Creek in Burnside and enjoy the wildlife including tiger snake, eastern blue-tongued lizard, common snakeneck turtle and eastern brown snake. Sighting are now rare with development driving most of the creatures away from the built-up areas.
Another micro in a built-up area (fear not we will get some small geocache containers in due course) and this one is near the tower of power. The tower appears to bring electricity from the other side of Kororoit Creek, but it then seems to go nowhere with no overhead power lines on this, the posh side, of the creek. I guess it runs down the pole and underground, so you should be OK with looking for a geocache here without the risk of being zapped. You are looking for a small mint tin here today.
About Kororoit Creek
The Kororoit Creek rises below Mount Kororoit, northeast of Melton in the north western outer suburbs of Melbourne. The creek's headwaters are north of Sunbury at approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level in Ordovician geology. The creek flows generally south by east and passes over the volcanic lava plain of western Melbourne to its mouth at sea level, north of Altona and emptying into Altona Bay within Port Phillip. The creek is joined by one minor tributary as it descends approximately 407 metres (1,335 ft) over its 52-kilometre (32 mi) course. At the outlet in Altona Bay, the creek winds its way through the Altona Coastal Park and then the Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Park, where it enters Port Phillip.
From east of Sunbury, the Kororoit Creek makes its way down through many suburbs towards its mouth, including the towns and suburbs of Rockbank, Caroline Springs, Burnside, Kings Park, Albanvale, Deer Park, Cairnlea, West Sunshine, Ardeer, Albion, Brooklyn and Altona North.
The creek is traversed by the Melton Highway, east of Melton; the Western Highway and the Western Ring Road, at Ardeer; and the West Gate Freeway and Federation Trail at Brooklyn. The Kororoit Creek Trail runs along the banks in the lower reaches of the creek.
Hints
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Logs
Cache and contents are in good condition.
Many thanks caughtatwork, enjoyed our day exploring the area.
Thanks C@W......
Threw the bike in the car and headed out to find a few caches in the area here.
Only 3 dnf's of the 20+ that I managed to put my name on.
A couple of FTF's too.
As I rounded the corner I new where to look.
There it was in the growth.
Nicely done.
TFTC
This container was quickly found however removal of the log took time as the clip holding the log sheets had attached itself to the strong magnet in the container.
Thanks for this cache caughtatwork. The variety of residential areas along the creek is interesting. The lack of small birds today may be a result of this urban sprawl. {FTF} at 9.20.